A moving and inspiring account of how one Final Flinger used the site to help her live life to the full, right to the end.
Living life to the full – right to the end
Memory Box
Digital legacies rule
OK, I love an actual artefact – the touchy-feely real things in life, but there’s a lot to be said for the power of digital – especially when it comes to digital legacies. You just have to take a look at this old photo to see how much an artefact can diminish over time. This […]
Living eulogy
Writing a eulogy can be a daunting task – so make it easier by starting your own living eulogy. This week, Carole Renshaw shares how a living eulogy – a work of autobiography -transformed a funeral and has made that the standout funeral to date in her experience.
5 conversations about death
Check out the Conversation Project in the US and next time you’re prepping dinner, dicing carrots or enjoying a bite and a glass with friends, use Final Fling as the perfect excuse for starting conversations about life and death.
Final Fling fortune teller
If you’re organising an event to encourage end of life planning, use Final Fling’s unique Fortune Teller to get conversations started.
#Good to Be Alive
I’m inviting Flingers to share one good reason that it’s Good to Be Alive this week. #GTBA Final Fling isn’t just about funerals and dying. It’s about the complex stuff we have to deal with while we’re alive. And part of that is actually being able to appreciate life. I’m very alert to the theme Good to Be […]
Life Planning Tools
Final Fling’s Life Planning Tools encourage you to live life to the full – with the end in mind. So whether you’re thinking about caretaking digital legacies for the next generation, want to save others the burden of difficult decisions or just want to take responsibility for your own life and stay in control, try our Life Planning Tools.
Memory Box
Do you have a Memory Box under the bed?
Great. Lovely for keeping locks of hair and old birthday cards and love letters.
There’s another way you might like to store digital treasures. Final Fling’s Memory Box.
Death and loss
Death and loss It’s a sad truth, but the fact is we’re all living and we’re all dying. As difficult as it may be to accept, death is an inevitable part of life. At Final Fling we don’t waste time dwelling on the negative of this, instead we see death as the counterpoint that makes […]
The benefits of planning
Planning ahead gives you peace of mind. It takes the burden off family. See the Top 3 reasons for planning. One of Final Fling’s users, Val, told us that she’d no idea sorting out her end of life plans could be so much fun! She’s not expecting to die any time soon, but she likes […]
Meaning making
There’s a growing interest in ‘Meaning Making’ at the end of life for the carers and professionals whose job it is to help us – in whatever way we need it – to pass on from this life.
10 Things to Do on Final Fling
Find out the Top 10 things to do on Final Fling to plan ahead and stay in control at the end of life.